The big story of the 2018 Grammys? The ceremony is finally getting serious about hip-hop. The awards have always had a strange history with rap, going back to the Eighties, when the voters were convinced (along with most of the music industry) that all this rap stuff the kids were into was a fad. For years, hip-hop artists were allowed to play but not to take home trophies. But this year, all major categories are dominated by rap. Album and Record of the Year are both Kendrick Lamar vs. Jay-Z battles, along with surprise nominee Childish Gambino. From MC Hammer to Lauryn Hill to ODB, here’s a timeline of how far hip-hop has come at the ceremony.

1988

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince pose for a portrait at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 12, 1990. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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1989

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Princewin the first hip-hop Grammy, but they refuse to attend because it’s not included on TV. Other rappers boycott the show too, and the industry is shocked at how the rap community sticks together on this issue.

1991

American alternative hip hop group Arrested Development at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States, 24th February 1993. They won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for their song 'Tennessee' as well as Best New Artist. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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1993

Woke Southern crew Arrested Development become the first hip-hop act to win Best New Artist – the first time any rap act wins in a major category.

A unidentified member of the group Wu Tang Clan is taken off the stage after jumping on the stage and taking the microphone as the Grammy was about to be give to Shawn Colvin for the Song of the Year Category during the 40th Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York 25 February. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) Timothy A. Clary (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

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1998

Enter the Wu! Ol’ Dirty Bastard rambles onstage while Shawn Colvin is making a speech. But ODB has no beef; he just wants to say he bought an expensive new outfit and announce, “Wu-Tang is for the children!”

1999

Lauryn Hillis the big winner, taking home five awards, including Album of the Year, for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. During a fiery live performance, she changes the hook of “Lost Ones” to “It’s funny how hip-hop change a sitchu-aaa-tiooon!” For her acceptance speech, L-Boogie brings a Bible up to the podium and reads from the Psalms.

2012

LL Cool Jtakes over as host for a five-year run, becoming the greatest host of all time by a mile. Whitney Houston dies suddenly the weekend of the ceremony, hours before a Grammy gala she had planned to attend. LL handles the tragic situation like a champ, beginning with a brief prayer: “Heavenly Father, we thank you for sharing our sister Whitney with us.” An all-time Grammy moment of grace under pressure.

2013

Rappers Ryan Lewis (L) and Macklemore accept the Best New Artist award onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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2014

Macklemorebeats Kendrick Lamar for Best Rap Album. To his credit, Macklemore sends him a text that night: “You got robbed.”

Recording artist Chance the Rapper accepts the Best Rap Album award for 'Coloring Book' onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS)

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2017

Chance the Rapperwins Best New Artist, four years after dropping his classic Acid Rap. The most glorious music moment of the night: A Tribe Called Quest, who join Busta Rhymes in a politically charged performance that blows up as Q-Tip chants, “Resist, resist, resist.” It’s a reminder of everything that hip-hop – and music – can mean in times like these.